Westcott v. the Minnesota Mining Company
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal in Chancery from "Wayne Circuit. The opinion contains a sufficient statement of the nature of the pleadings and of the facts proven.
1Opinion of the CourtCooley, J.
This case is a sequel to that of Titus v. The Minnesota Mining Co., reported in 8 Mich., 183. The pleadings are exceedingly voluminous and the facts complicated, but the following, it is believed, is a sufficient statement of the case to make the decision of the court sufficiently clear:
The bill in the Titus case was for the purpose of compelling the defendants to deliver to complainant, for himself and associates, whom he claimed to represent, one-fifth of its capital stock, and to account to him for the profits of the company in the like proportion. On the final hearing, certain defects in…
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- Schenectady and Saratoga Plank Road Co. v. . ThatcherNew York Court of Appeals · 1854
- In re the election of Directors of the Long Island RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1837
- Titus v. Minnesota Mining Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1860
- Alabama & Florida Railroad v. RowleySupreme Court of Florida · 1861
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